tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post6181254347309122805..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: Islamic State Is Targeting OPEC Arab StatesWar News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-7490319212224068042015-05-31T21:12:23.879-04:002015-05-31T21:12:23.879-04:00Catholic Dragoon,
Shortly after Chechen Independ...Catholic Dragoon, <br /><br />Shortly after Chechen Independence, Saudi Arabia started sending in the "Afghans" and the Mullah's to radicalize the area.<br /><br />After the end of the Second Chechen War, for the most part, the jihadist groups were driven out of Chechnia, Dagestan, Intenguish, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kazikistan,<br /><br />Where they joined the Taliban in Afghanistan, the jihadi's of Pakistan's NWFP, or hid out in Iraq, Bosnia, Georgia.Jay Farquharsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335226520940843630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-17742419803589731682015-05-31T19:46:52.507-04:002015-05-31T19:46:52.507-04:00http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2014/07/uzbeks...http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2014/07/uzbeks-kyrgyzstan-fear-new-communal-riots-20147672326456971.html<br /><br />http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/06/kyrgyzstan-violence-2010-201463016460195835.html<br /><br />Sorry that was Uzbek and Kyrgyz violence, but still it shows that there are rifts in this part of the world that can be exploited.CatholicDragoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199287192094493567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-61248091485248525092015-05-31T19:06:57.918-04:002015-05-31T19:06:57.918-04:00Haven't there been several riots in these Cent...Haven't there been several riots in these Central Asian countries a few years back, I remember hearing about some bad blood between the Tajiks and Uzbeks.<br /><br />I'll look for some links.CatholicDragoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09199287192094493567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-4773938815340464442015-05-31T10:25:56.684-04:002015-05-31T10:25:56.684-04:00James .... I was told within a year. I should add ...James .... I was told within a year. I should add that China is also becoming deeply worried .... they have some serious problems in their Muslim provinces.War News Updates Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-28478975977426261682015-05-31T10:21:48.176-04:002015-05-31T10:21:48.176-04:00WNU,
Perhaps developments I thought were in the fu...WNU,<br />Perhaps developments I thought were in the future for ex-Central Asian Soviet Republics are coming sooner than I had believed.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-48319141863834460772015-05-31T09:34:04.073-04:002015-05-31T09:34:04.073-04:00I concur. It is interesting on how the Russian med...I concur. It is interesting on how the Russian media is treating this defection .... they are more focused on the training that he received on Russian and not what he got in the U.S., and that this is a very dangerous development.War News Updates Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-68428787796164754552015-05-31T07:51:35.878-04:002015-05-31T07:51:35.878-04:00I have spoken before on ISIS's geo-petro strat...I have spoken before on ISIS's geo-petro strategy, but there's something else that's been at the back of my mind, the defection of the Tajik security official. Rebellions, Insurgencies, or to some extant wars are won by and large by the mid level professionals. They by the very nature of their positions are usually pragmatic, so to go over they have to believe there is a good chance for success and much to gain. Add to this that these guys are the ones who have the real nuts and bolts knowledge of how their orgs work, has extensive contact in his old outfit, and for everyone we know about there's surely 50+ we don't, you get a good idea of possible internal dangers. This of course is added to what expertise he can add to say ISIS at a level that translates quickly to ground level operations.<br />Emperors have always known that a conspiracy of colonels was far more dangerous than that of one general.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com